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Letter to the Editor

Secondary malignancies after treatment with single-agent vemurafenib in two patients with refractory hairy cell leukemia

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Pages 1331-1333 | Received 21 Jun 2018, Accepted 25 Aug 2018, Published online: 15 Oct 2018

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